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All you geeky buggers talk about is databases

All you geeky buggers talk about is databases. What's wrong with
spreadsheets?

Jason
Nov 12 '05 #1
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In article <c1**********@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>, j.*****@aol.com says...
All you geeky buggers talk about is databases. What's wrong with
spreadsheets?

Jason

Nothing if what you want to do is build a spreadsheet.
Nov 12 '05 #2

"Jason Dobbs" <j.*****@aol.com> wrote in message
news:c1**********@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
All you geeky buggers talk about is databases. What's wrong with
spreadsheets?

Jason


*geeky buggers = fenton-linson?
Nov 12 '05 #3
"Jason Dobbs" <j.*****@aol.com> wrote:
All you geeky buggers talk about is databases. What's wrong with
spreadsheets?


You have difficulty sharing them among multiple users.

You have difficulty pulling in relational data.

You have difficulty in working with the data in a simple easy to use format for the
user.

Tony

--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Nov 12 '05 #4
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Please ignore the above posting and others which are somewhat bizarre.

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Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Nov 12 '05 #5
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:17:43 -0000, Jason Dobbs wrote:
All you geeky buggers talk about is databases. What's wrong with
spreadsheets?

Jason


Ya, that would be a pretty dumb thing to talk about in a database news
group.
--
Mike Storr
www.veraccess.com
Nov 12 '05 #6

"Tony Toews" <tt****@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
news:rp********************************@4ax.com...
"Jason Dobbs" <j.*****@aol.com> wrote:
All you geeky buggers talk about is databases. What's wrong with
spreadsheets?
You have difficulty sharing them among multiple users.

You have difficulty pulling in relational data.

You have difficulty in working with the data in a simple easy to use

format for the user.


Please ignore the above posting and others which are somewhat bizarre.

Note to persons new to this newsgroup. One person, with many identities, is
being
rather disruptive. If you see a bizarre posting it's probably the work of
this
disruptive person..
Nov 12 '05 #7

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